Word Origin & History

study early 12c., from O.Fr. estudier "to study" (Fr. étude), from M.L. studiare, from L. studium "study, application," originally "eagerness," from studere "to be diligent" ("to be pressing forward"), from PIE *(s)teu- "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). The noun meaning "application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge" is recorded from c.1300. Sense of "room furnished with books" is from c.1300. Study hall is attested from 1891, originally a large common room in a college. Studious is attested from late 14c.

Example Sentences for studied

They worked to protect the privacy of users studied.

He suspects that these groups already had basic maths skills, and the reforms he studied did not teach more advanced maths.

For years, scientists had studied blood for genealogical clues.

She's studied how humans adapt their motor and cognitive skills in weightlessness and monitored astronauts from the ground.

He studied fossil bones, stone artifacts and cave paintings.

And buckwheat sprouts are being studied for their anti-inflammatory potential.

Bird-egg coloration has been studied for more than a century.

Jobs fairs for those who have studied abroad are suddenly popular.

Students might make posters illustrating how the works of art they studied reflect these local values and beliefs.

He is a former zoological curator and scientific journal editor, and has studied primate behavior in captive and wild primates.